Trump Having Phone Call With Putin
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Donald Trump announced he would be speaking with Putin at 10 a.m.
Will be speaking to President Putin of Russia at 10:00 A.M. Thank you!
This comes one day after the Trump administration announced they would pause some shipments of weapons to Ukraine.
The Pentagon announced on July 2 that it was pausing some shipments of weapons to Ukraine again, following more than three years of deliveries while Kyiv defended itself against a Russian invasion.
During a Wednesday press briefing, chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the Department of Defense was conducting a “capability review” to ensure U.S. military aid “aligns with our defense priorities.”
“We will not be providing any updates to specific quantities or types of munitions being provided to Ukraine or the timelines associated with these transfers but [Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth] will continue to make recommendations to the president for his decision on military assistance to Ukraine,” he said.
Parnell called it a “common-sense, pragmatic step” towards establishing a framework for evaluating what weapons shipments are sent and where.
“We want to be very clear about this last point. Let it be known that our military has everything that it needs to conduct any mission, anywhere, anytime, all around the world,” he added.
They discussed the Russia-Ukraine war and the Iranian issue.
President Trump spoke on Thursday for more than an hour with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed the war in Ukraine and what the Kremlin described as the Iranian issue.
Why it matters: The call took place amid a stalemate in Trump’s efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine and two days after the U.S. paused weapons shipments to the Ukrainian Army.
Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said the issue didn’t come up during the call between Putin and Trump.
